French destroyer Valmy
Sister ship Guépard at anchor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Valmy |
| Namesake | Battle of Valmy |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët |
| Launched | 19 May 1928 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Guépard-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power |
|
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Crew | 12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime) |
| Armament |
|
Valmy was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Completed in 1930, the ship participated in the Second World War. After France signed an armistice with Germany in June 1940, Valmy served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942. The ship was salvaged by the Italians the following year, but was captured by the Germans after the Italian surrender in September 1943. Her wreck was found in Genoa, Italy, in 1945.